Think It’s a Photo? Take a Closer Look (Warning: You May Need to Do a Double Take to Believe It)

It’s widely known that art exists to imitate life and its tiniest details. However, sometimes you look at a painting and question if Oscar Wilde was right when he said that art imitates life, when in fact, it seems that life imitates art instead. Some artists make their paintings so unbelievably real that you end up looking at their work many, many times.

Here at Bright Side, we’ve collected 26 of the most realistic paintings you might ever see.